Extract from Jeffrey Wolff’s article “Artificial Intelligence in eDiscovery: Outlook for 2023 and Beyond”
For over a decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has played an important role in eDiscovery, particularly in the review phase. One of the primary applications for AI has been in technology-assisted review (TAR), which has been accepted as black-letter law since 2015.
But AI has come a long way in the last seven years. Recent advances in AI—specifically in the generation of text through a new chatbot—may have eDiscovery professionals wondering about other ways that they could use AI to streamline their workflows, saving both time and money.
In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at some new developments in artificial intelligence generally. We’ll then shift our attention to legal applications for AI’s new capabilities, specifically how text-generating AI systems could be useful in eDiscovery.
Finally, we’ll touch on some of the ethical concerns and other risks that AI poses and recommend a few common-sense precautions for eDiscovery professionals who are considering expanding their AI tech stack.
